Forum Flashbacks: March 12-18
MARYVILLE DAILY FORUM, MARCH 18, 2001
25 YEARS AGO: Air Rock 2001 – Air Rock 2001 was presented Friday at Maryville High School. Pictured is the group Destiny’s Child, performing their number for a capacity crowd. Members of the group are Jamie Arnold, Mallory Burnsides, Mandy Decker, Kristin Hess, Shelley Poynter and Terra Walker. Proceeds from Air Rock 2001 will benefit Project Prom & Project Graduation.
50 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, March 18, 1976
James Edward Gray Post Given Portrait Collection
Mrs. Muriel Alcott, wife of the late Daily Forum general manager B. J. Alcott Wednesday night presented the James Edward Gray American Legion Post 100 a collection of more than 30 portraits of past post commanders at the Post’s annual birthday celebration at the legion hall.
The legion’s collection of portraits was destroyed in a September 1969 fire which gutted the legion’s old building. The portraits were from a Forum special edition honoring the legion for 30 years of service on Sept. 23, 1949.
The legion’s present building at Fifth and Laura Streets was dedicated on Sept. 25, 1919 and the first meeting held on Oct. 9 saw 56 members sworn into the organization.
The Post was named after James Edward Gray, the first Maryville man to die in service in France in World War I in the bitter fighting in the Argonne-Meuse. He was rejected seven times before he was accepted for active duty by the Nodaway County draft board. He trained two weeks at Camp Funston before he was sent to France with Co. D., 356th Infantry, 89th Division. He was killed at the village of Ramonville on Nov. 2, 1918 nine days before the Armistice.
75 years ago
Maryville Daily Forum, March 12, 1951
Doctor Removes Open Safety Pin From Tot’s Throat
Carol Ann Wohlford is eating and sleeping normally at home today after an emergency trip to St. Joseph. Mrs. Wohlford reported that her nine-month-old daughter who swallowed an open safety pin Saturday morning seems not to have suffered any complications from the mishap but will be taken back to the Missouri Methodist hospital Wednesday for a check-up.
Mrs. Wohlford said Carol Ann was lying on the bathinet all ready for the tub when she turned to start the water running. Carol began to cough and Mrs. Wohlford said she then noticed the safety-pin was missing. Carol was taken to the St. Francis hospital where she was x-rayed. Mrs. Wohlford was advised to take her to St. Joseph where a bronchoscope could be used to remove the pin.
The pin was removed in less than an hour after the baby was admitted to the St. Joseph hospital. The pin was still open when taken from the windpipe where it had lodged. Mrs. Wohlford said today that a comparison of the X-rays taken at both hospitals showed that the pin had moved very little from the time it entered until removed.
The instrument used in this case is a bronchoscope. It consists of a long hollow tube about the diameter of a fountain pen, to the end of which is fastened a small light and small forceps for grasping the foreign body.
Mrs. Wohlford was commended by hospital attendants for her quick thinking not attempting to remove the pin herself. Carol Ann was brought home yesterday afternoon following a 24-hour observation period.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The 50- and 75-year flashbacks are courtesy of the Missouri Digital Newspaper Project from the State Historical Society of Missouri, accessible at shsmo.newspapers.com.
